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Bill agreed to in principle.
Detail stage
Bill, by leave, taken as a whole.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Planning, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Minister for Industrial Relations) (11.21): I seek leave to move amendments Nos 1 to 34 circulated in my name together.
Leave granted.
MR BARR: I move amendments Nos 1 to 34 circulated in my name [see schedule 8 at page 2107]. I table the revised explanatory statement to the amendments.
I will quickly provide a summary of the amendments. Amendment 1 ensures that the relevant parts of the Building Legislation Amendment Act commence at the appropriate point or points in time that are required to amend the Building Act 2004. This amendment is necessary to cater for a circumstance that could arise where only part of the Planning and Development Act commences on a particular day and commencement of that part does not necessitate consequential amendments to that act or the Building Act.
Amendment 2 ensures that, under proposed new section 19D (1) (c) of the Building Act 2004, an entity’s appointment as a building certifier ends if the entity’s appointment has been suspended for a single period of three months or longer, rather than only applying to a suspension of only three months. Amendment 3 means that the proposed new section 19D of the Building Act will apply to licence suspensions of three months or longer.
Amendment 4 inserts proposed new section 19E of the Building Act, which provides that after a building certifier’s appointment has ended under the proposed section 19D (1) (e), the certifier can be appointed again. This is termed a second appointment for the same building work as the initial appointment. It also provides that the second appointment is taken as a continuation of the initial appointment, rather than a new appointment.
Amendment 5 makes consequential amendments to a cross-reference in the bill proposed under section 20 (2) (c) of the Building Act. Amendment 6 limits the circumstances in which a certifier must notify the government that the certifier’s appointment has ended.
Amendment 7 recasts the bill’s proposed new section 21 (1) (b) of the Building Act to ensure it relates to all matters relevant to section 27. Amendment 8 changes the term “residence” to “dwelling” in the bill’s proposed example under the proposed new section 31 of the Building Act.
Amendment 9 amends the proposed new section 30A (3) (b) of the Building Act by inserting new section 30A (3) (c). It is intended to ensure that a regulation may
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